Damn, it’s like they don’t want you to get at the raisins. There must be a better way… You either mutilate the bag and your fingers, or cut it with scissors (or a knife - not recommended lol) , either way can’t be resealed without additional apparatus

  • @Almamu@lemmy.world
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    192 years ago

    The whole idea behind these bags is that you rip them from the top to one side leaving a big enough opening that you can easily close with a clothes peg, the top of the bag even has indentations to make it easy to open

    • Spliffman1OP
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      22 years ago

      Wait a clothes peg?? That sounds so funny, sorry lol

      • @Almamu@lemmy.world
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        52 years ago

        That was the only translation I could find for “pinza de la ropa” from Spanish to English, IDK if there’s a better translation, but looks right to me 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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      It’s not easy lol, I eat raisins daily and have tried different boxes from different brand names and they all are the same to me, infuriating, ripping it on the side as you say will cause a vertical tear that keeps creeping down the side of the bag making it unsealable 😅

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      42 years ago

      Raisins are also sold in other types of packing without that bag and don’t dry out… Like the cardboard cylinder shape canister things

      • @ByteWizard@lemm.ee
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        02 years ago

        There’s a range of ideal moisture content. Same with weed.

        The humidity level (ideally relative humidity of 50%) is important and the raisins should be sealed well between uses. If the humidity increases too much, raisins will start to “sugar”; that is, sugar crystals will develop on the exterior surface (similar to the sugar bloom on chocolate candies). This does not mean that the fruit is unusable.

        • Spliffman1OP
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          12 years ago

          There you go, “sealed well between uses” lol, those dumb bags are not conducive to proper resealing at all

  • @Ejh3k@lemmy.world
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    82 years ago

    You ain’t got scissors or a knife? Or some tape or a twisty thing left over from a bag of bread?

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      And the knife technique is iffy too cause this thick wax type plastic also rips in the opposite direction you want really easily, like down the bag instead of across… Also my 79 yr old mom has trouble using force with a knife on that shit… And the bag is like waxy, tape don’t stick to it hardly at all

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      Oh shit, That’s not the point bro, I am mildly fucking infuriated by this design so I posted okay? the twisty things won’t work on this wide bag until the raisins are way down since you mentioned them, and who saves them anyway? 😂

      • @originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee
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        62 years ago

        Listen this is the place where people offer you shockingly obvious solutions. You’re acting like you’re supposed to come here with things that are mildly infuriating and, for the life of me, I can’t figure out what gave you that impression \s

      • @GingerPale@lemmy.world
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        42 years ago

        I feel you. These types of bags either don’t tear at all or they rip violently and unexpectedly down instead of across, so while it did, technically, open, it’s now somehow even more useless than it was before.

  • N-E-N
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    42 years ago

    More appropriate than c/shitposting thx haha

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    Idk I do not trust any nowadays, bugs can get inside even the thick ones by making holes, like the pantry moths and start infesting…

    Everything goes to thick solid plastic or glass containers as long as I have available. An infestation it still possible but much more difficult plus they get stuck on the recipient they infested and not infesting everything by the time you notice.

  • @HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
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    Stab into center then cut out along direction of blade it’s not too tricky once you’ve got the hang of it, just use a sharp knife. The sharper the less likely you are to cut yourself. Which reminds me I’m due for my quarterly visit to my friendly local blacksmith for a sharpening (dude teaches at one of the local schools and does knives as a hobby and to make extra money)

    • Spliffman1OP
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      32 years ago

      No matter how many “solutions” I am offered I am still mildly infuriated by the bags.😅… I just cut them open with scissors, part of my irritation is the need for extra apparatus, whether to open or to reseal .